Viroinval
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Viroinval is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Namur. On January 1, 2006 Viroinval had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 120.90 km² which gives a population density of 47 inhabitants per km².
From 1995 to 2004, Viroinval was the location of the geographical centre of the European Union, at coordinates , and a monument there records that finding. On May 1 2005 the EU expanded from fifteen states to twenty-five, and the geographical centre of the union moved eastwards to the village of Kleinmaischeid, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. On 1 January 2007 it shifted even further south-eastwards.
[edit] Villages & Cities in the Viroinval
Dourbes Le Mesnil Mazée Nismes Oignies-en-Thiérache Olloy-sur-Viroin Treignes Vierves-sur-Viroin
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Municipalities in the Province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium | ||
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Dinant: Anhée | Beauraing | Bièvre | Ciney | Dinant | Gedinne | Hamois | Hastière | Havelange | Houyet | Onhaye | Rochefort | Somme-Leuze | Vresse-sur-Semois | Yvoir | ||
Namur: Andenne | Assesse | Eghezée | Fernelmont | Floreffe | Fosses-la-Ville | Gembloux | Gesves | Jemeppe-sur-Sambre | La Bruyère | Mettet | Namur | Ohey | Profondeville | Sambreville | Sombreffe | ||
Philippeville: Cerfontaine | Couvin | Doische | Florennes | Philippeville | Viroinval | Walcourt |